Politics

A Russian exile who was close friends with the late oligarch Boris Berezovsky has been found dead in his London home, according to friends. Nikolai Glushkov was discovered by his family and friends late on Monday night, aged...

A spiralling cronyism scandal linked to the Japanese prime minister and his wife has reached fever pitch after the finance ministry admitted to tampering with records to remove references to the pair. Shinzo Abe acknowledged the new...

Russian motorcycle club, the ‘Night Wolves’, known for its staunch nationalism and close ties to Vladimir Putin, is announcing a tour of Bosnia and Serbia under the logo ‘Russian Balkans’ in mid-March. Around two dozen members...

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister has been praised for joining the commemoration of the deportation and mass murder of Macedonia’s Jewish community in 1943 – although critics said his failure to apologise for Bulgaria’s role in the events...

It’s business as usual in Russia: Vladimir Putin is facing his fourth term as president and looks likely to be determining the country’s fate for another six years. The 65-year-old Kremlin leader’s victory in the election...

Donald Trump will propose arming school staff and raising the minimum age to purchase certain firearms to 21 in a school safety proposal the administration will release on Sunday, a White House spokesman said. The proposal on...

Marine Le Pen has been re-elected leader of the Front National and immediately proposed changing the far-right party’s name to Rassemblement National (National Rally), saying it must serve as a rallying call to new voters. Le Pen...

Romania’s ruling Social Democrat Leader Liviu Dragnea is under investigation by prosecutors in Brazil for allegedly using intermediaries to buy real estate and launder money in the South American country, according to federal prosecutor Carlos Wagner Barbosa Guimaraes....

Germany’s new foreign minister seldom minces words. As justice minister he tangled with far-right groups and internet giants. And despite political defeats, he’s found a way to make a comeback. “For me it is all about...

Donald Trump has accepted an invitation from the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, to hold an unprecedented summit meeting to discuss the future of the embattled regime’s nuclear and missile programme. In a stunning development following months...